Hat and coat hanger.



G. MANSER.

HAT AND OOA'I' HANGER.

APPLIOATIOK rman ran. 18, 1900.

930,399., Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

GEORGE MANSEIL, Ul" tllNtflNNAll, 01110.

7' HAT AND COAT HANGER.

Specification Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed February 18, 1909. Serial No. 478,037.

To all whom 'it may concern:

lie it known that l, (ironor: MANSER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of ()incimiati, in the county of .5 Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lintv and Coat Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combination hat 0 and coat hangers and the object. thereof is to provide a portable device that can be carried on the person or otherwise rendered convenient to apply in place for supportin the hat and coat or other similar garment o? the user and to be readily detached from nated body portion having an outwardly- (lisposed hook-formation at its lower end and an inwardly-disposed eyc-formatwn at its upper end, two' or more pomted'prongs h ving internal heads incased in said lamina ed lflod portion and extending through the hue: of said body portion and an arnr pivotally-ronnccted at one end to said eyeformation and adapted to be swung onts o \vardly at an angle to said body portion for holding a hater like article of wear and,

also, a pted to be swung inwardly toward the back of the body portion for folding' in small compass and forming a guard over 5 the points of said prongs.

Other features of the invention will be hereinafter described and more particu arly pointed out in the claim.

i In the accompanying sheet of drawings,

40 Figure 1 is anelevation of the device showin it in position for use, detachably-secure ill] place on an n right surface, the latter being shown in ragmentary section; Fig. 2, u pers iective view of the device as it appears when folded and out of use; and Fig. 3, a longitudinal, central section of the device, showing it in its folded condition, but on a slightly larger scale than that seen in and 5 is an eye formed at the upper end of the body portion and centrally spaced 0r slitted at (3 to receive the inner eye-end 7 of the arm 3, a pin 8 being inserted through the eyes 5 and T for the due pivoting; of the arm 23. The inner end oi the slit 0 Forms a shoulder or rest for the inner end of the arm 3 when the latter extended outwardl in position for use in holding a hat or the like The body portion 1 is preferal'ily made of a single strip of sheetsmctal that is bent. over centrally and then the two halves brought together in double array or laminated form, the opposite ends of the strip being brought into tlusharrangement amt then brought over in circular form to provide for the slitted eye 5 at one end of the body portion and the hook-formation 3 being made in the opposite end of the body portion where the strip of meta]. has been bent, over midlength. Before, however, the slitted eye 5 is made in the body portion, the. pointed ends of theprongs 4 are inserted through holes made at. suitable distances apart in onelplate of the lam nnted 0} double body portion, such plate fmning tic back of the body portion,

and these prongs are held in place by means of the heads -I that lie between the layers or plates ot" the douhlelmdy portion, as best seen inv Fig. 3. it will be seen that the prongs are made similar to ordinary carpet tin-ks, being tapered from their heads toward their points and the laminated body portion is made of very thin metal that bulges slightly, as shown at 4 owing to the presence of the prong-hcads beneath. \Vhen the two halves or layers of the strip of metal are brought t'ogether to form the laminated or double body portion, such body )ortion is suliic ently'sti toimp'art thcdesn'ec strength and rigidity to the device for use, or at least to suit the ordinary use to which garment hooks are put. 7

It is obvious that. the body portion could be made of a single thickness of metal and the prongs projected from the hack thereof with their head-ends duly riveted in place, without departing from the preferred form just described.

' In attaehin r the device, the arm 3 is extended in a fill-ward position at the upper end of the body iortion 1 and the pressure '1, of the thumb is brouguht to bear upon the body portion atpoints on the face thereotl where the bulges t" occur, thus being in di-l rect line of forcing the prongs inwardly the two previous views. In these views, 1 indicates the vertical main member or body portion of the device, 2 a lwok-formation at its lower end and 3 an arm pivotally-connected at one end to the upper end of said body portion. 4, 4 indleate pointed prongs projecting from the inner face or back of said body portion 1,

into ti? face of a wooden or lild' penctrable surface 9, as best seen in Fig. 1'. The coathanger tape or loop engages the lower hoola- 2 in hanging that garment in place and the hat is hun as customary, on the arm 3. When the evice is not in use and it is desired to carr it on the person. it can be readily pulle from place by catchin r hold of the arm 3 and drawing outwardlty, the lower end of the body portion 1 acting as a fulcrum and the prongs readily withdrawing from anchoring place in the surface 9. The weight of the arment' hanging on the hook 2 will not pu the device from lace, as the pull or draft on the body portion is perpendicular at that point and the light weiht of a hat or like head-cover is not so cient to overcome the frictional resistance of the rongs 4 in the surface 9 to cause the device to become accidentally disengaged from place. When the device has been removed, the arm 3 is folded over on its pivot so that its outer end rests in contact with the back of the body portion and,

the pointed prongs projecting along the longitudinal center of the bod portion, such arm 3 forms a guard over said prongs to prevent the latter coming in contact with the person or other objects, so that the hanger can be conveniently carried in the pocket for convenient usc where and when desired.

A hat and coat hanger comprising, a laminated hotly portion having at one end a coathook formation and at its other end a slittcd eye-formation, ii'ir'lepcndcntu pointed prongs projecting rearwardly through holes in and from the hack-plate of said laminated hotly portion and having anchoring-hcarls intervening the layers or plates of said laniimitcil body portion and a folding; hat-arm pivotally-conncctml at one end to the slittml cwformation in the hotly portion.

GEORGE lllANHlClt.

\Vitncsses:

JOHN ELIAS Jones, N oniim 1(TCTSEIL 

